Wednesday, December 15, 2010

AFI's Top 10 lists

I've been kinda neglectful of the blog lately. With the Christmas season in full swing, things have gotten busy (and tiring) at the retail store where I work, and most of whatever energy isn't used there I've been devoting to my hunt for a job in my field. I do have some plans for some posts coming up, but I wanted to make sure I got something posted today since it's been a while.

So, since most of my posts are music-centric, I decided to do a movie-based post. I was having a discussion with a friend the other day, and he was telling me that he and his girlfriend are working on watching more movies on IMDB's list of top-voted movies. That got me thinking, so for today's post I evaluated my own movie-watching history compared to the lists from the American Film Institute. I have so far seen 37 of the films on AFI's revised 10th Anniversary edition of their "100 Years...100 Films" list from 2007. I do intend to watch more in 2011. (By the way, I highly encourage you to read through AFI's "100 Years..." lists, as they are fun to read. Especially their list of top 100 movie quotes.)

Sports
none (and I am quite ashamed that I haven't even seen Caddyshack)

MysteryVertigoThe Third ManNorth By NorthwestThe Usual Suspects

FantasyThe Wizard Of OzLord Of The Rings: The Fellowship Of The RingIt's A Wonderful LifeMiracle on 34th StreetField Of DreamsGroundhog Day

Sci-Fi2001: A Space OdysseyStar Wars Episode IV: A New HopeE.T. The ExtraterrestrialThe Day The Earth Stood StillTerminator 2: Judgement DayBack To The Future

GangsterGodfatherGoodFellasGodfather, Part 2Pulp Fiction

Courtroom Drama
none

EpicTitanic

I find it interesting that Animation is the genre I've seen the most in, having seen every single one of the top 10. I guess I have my parents to thank for that, as most of them are movies I watched in my childhood.

Anyway, AFI's website has a ton of lists that are just fun to read through. And I do think I may devote 2011 to watching the entire top 100 list.